Back in the real world, here is coverage of Day One of that Lorain school leaders bootcamp we talked about on Wednesday. Sounds like a productive start to me. (Elyria Chronicle, 6/13/18) And speaking of Lorain City Schools, CEO David Hardy this week gave an assessment of his first year on the job. He predictably focused on administrative changes and organizational foundation building that will, hopefully, lead to academic gains down the road. Then he and this piece get lost in some discussion of Facebook, “likes”, and dopamine. (Northern Ohio Morning Journal, 6/14/18) The Chronicle’s coverage of Hardy’s remarks is a bit more concise: the CEO expects little to no academic progress to be registered on state report cards for 2017-18 and the district has won a $1 million grant from Achievement Network to support a dedicated academic coach, instructional tools and professional learning opportunities across the district. (Elyria Chronicle, 6/14/18)

I think I’m missing something here. Mansfield City Schools has scrapped a job posting (and the job itself) of campus director for two school buildings covering grades 7 through 12. This is because they couldn’t find anyone proper to do the job, or because the preferred person didn’t get the job, or because something about the job itself raised hackles in the district. Instead, a “new” position called “campus principal” was created with some fascinating distinctions from the director gig that lend even mystery to proceedings. Anything for the kids, amiright? (Mansfield News Journal, 6/12/18)